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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/26/2010)

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all.  Anyone go out to the stores real early today?  With so many great deals to be found online, I feel like it is not even necessary to do your body such a disservice by waking up so early after a big day of eating.  I am up in Tallahassee, Florida […]

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Choo Staying For Good, Boras Wins Out

Back in March, I wrote about Cleveland Indians’ outfielder Shin-Soo Choo switching from Octagon to Scott Boras, and his impending service in the South Korean Army.  As a South Korean-native, the 28-year old Choo was slated to spend two years in the national Army before reaching 30.  However, after winning the gold medal in last […]

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Looking Into Potential Improper Inducements By Boras Corp.

Scott Boras‘ company might have exploited Dominican Republic talented baseball players by giving them and their families loans and other payments in return for a better chance to represent the players and earn back the money paid out, and more, through the commissions received on their signing bonuses.  Scott Boras and his company would stand to […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/19/2010)

Let’s call it a wrap on the Florida Gators football season.  It’s too bad we can’t call it a wrap on this Cameron Newton mess.  It’s like Brett Favre coverage, but with something that actually matters.  At some point, though, enough is enough.  Today is the deadline for MLB teams to set their 40 Man […]

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Case Study: Karsten Whitson’s Decision Not To Sign With The Padres

The NCAA requires that a player selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft pay his advisor at his or her normal rate for such services if the player hopes to maintain his eligibility at an NCAA school.  Thus, if Troy Caradonna of SFX was to follow that rule, which many people say goes ignored […]

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November 19 – 40 Man Roster Deadline

Friday, November 19, is the deadline for Major League Baseball teams to finalize their 40 Man Rosters leading up to the Baseball Winter Meetings and the Rule 5 Draft.  Many players will be “protected” on their organization’s 40 Man Roster in the final hour leading up to the deadline, as a preventative measure, so that […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/12/2010)

With MLB Free Agency officially underway, we have been extremely busy talking to teams about a couple of our clients who have a lot of value to add to an MLB organization.  Clubs have shown a lot of interest in Gary Patchett and Matt Scherer, both of whom have a great deal of experience at […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/5/2010)

I am currently up in Bloomington, Indiana, where I am finishing up a nice little tour of college campuses this week.  On Monday, I had the joy of speaking to the YCP Sport Management Student Association with Peg Kaufmann (AD Millersville U.) & Bryan Minniti (Assistant GM Washington Nationals), who were great speakers and very […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/8/2010)

If you follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook, you know that not only did I have to deal with the pain of seeing my Gators lose to Alabama, but I also had to change my profile picture and Twitter logo+background.  Thankfully, I am no longer Nick Saban on Facebook.  If […]

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Does Payroll Of Playoff Contender Affect Future Contract Negotiations?

Baseball agents love it when a team like the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox makes it to the playoffs year after year and is always fighting for a chance to win the World Series.  Not because a majority of agents are true fans of either team, but because they can then go to […]